Policing the "Advanced Engine" section

[Loftfan]

Is there a moderator who polices the Advanced Engine section? I have yet to see any physics or calculations in there, like the description says. Seems like most of the topics could be appropriately placed in the regular engines section.

-Loftfan

[SWR]

We do police all forums, but I know - speaking for myself - I sometimes leave stuff that could have been moved, basically it comes down to workload, there's a lot of editing and cleaning-up that happens that you non-moderators never see, basically for all of you to get a better read, and with all due respect, if you haven't seen any advanced material in the Advanced section, you cannot have read all the threads.... Search for posts by users like nitro2, SchmidtMotorWorks, FastFourierTransportation, Darin Morgan et al and you will find mind-boggling amounts of formulas and applied physics on adverse subjects..

[dwilliams]

I'd rather see the general and advanced sections merged back together, and a separate section for the recurrent "what cam do I need for my small block Chevy" threads... and you could move all the "wut U thk best 600hp" chicken-track messages over there, too...

[ZIGGY]

Amen to dwilliams. Would be a hell of a job to police it though.

[speedtalk]

Click on the report this post icon and explain if you think a post should be moved.

[Loftfan]

I see your point, "Advanced" is relative to your experience level. I'm sure there are some advanced posts, but if you look at my sign-on date, I've been registered for a couple weeks now. In these two weeks, I haven't seen much I would consider "advanced" if "advanced" means calculations and physics derivations. But it is what it is, I know the moderators have a big job.

To this end, is there a way to catalog posts (not threads, but individual posts) that are especially useful for future reference by other members?

[Dave Koehler]

To save a thread, bookmark it/save to your browsers favorites.

[MadBill]

I copy/paste useful posts to draft e-mails, then store them in a folder.

[pdq67]

Please consider "Greencarcongress" as being SOTA engine and about everything else if you want to keep up with this world wide.

pdq67

[Procision-Auto]

I move threads from Advanced Tech every time I log into the forum.

At times I'll leave a somewhat basic question in the Advanced Forum which has the potential to turn 'advanced'
unless it's not getting any replies.

Not all questions require physics and formulas to be advanced in my opinion; this of course is subjective and
is relative to the experience level of the reader.

Welcome to the "gray area" ...

[crazyman]

Maybe the advanced engine section should be renamed "internal combustion mathematics, physics, and theories". That would stop alot of it.

[MDHovland]

....chicken-track messages...

Ohhh - thanks for the out-loud laugh! Now I have a name for those (godd-awful) texts my son sends me... can I use this material?!?

mdh

[Fahlin Racing]

Not all questions require physics and formulas to be advanced in my opinion; this of course is subjective and
is relative to the experience level of the reader.

I agree, not everything is in need of a calculation. The advanced forum is not only more complex with the topic depth but with the nomenclature used too. Understanding processes (example combustion & making power) or designs of a particular part will become pretty heavy if you squeeze out every possible bit of thoerectical thought, factual info etc.

I don't think there needs to be a added forum for simple application part selection advice. Engine tech is good enough IMO for the lighter engine subjects. I think this forum is great the way it is. I thank Don for starting this web forum I know that is for sure

I also do what Bill does as well.

I copy/paste useful posts to draft e-mails, then store them in a folder.

[nitro2]

I see your point, "Advanced" is relative to your experience level. I'm sure there are some advanced posts, but if you look at my sign-on date, I've been registered for a couple weeks now. In these two weeks, I haven't seen much I would consider "advanced" if "advanced" means calculations and physics derivations. But it is what it is, I know the moderators have a big job.

To this end, is there a way to catalog posts (not threads, but individual posts) that are especially useful for future reference by other members?

A large portion of the interesting topics have been covered in the past. Also as Madbill has said - it is not wise to do math in public - (or something to that effect).